Andy Forster

State Street Bank & Trust Co. (SSBT) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1792 and is owned by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSBT serves as the administrator, fund accountant and transfer agent for the WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund, an exchange-traded fund.

Investors Mutual Ltd. (IML) is a boutique Australian Equities Fund Manager which was founded by Anton Tagliaferro in 1998. Since 2017, the firm is a subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers SA, ultimately held by BPCE SA in Paris. Headquartered in Sydney, IML offers various Australian Equity funds for individual and institutional clients. The firm is a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

PM Capital Ltd. is a globally focused fund manager headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The firm was founded by Paul Moore in 1998. They were acquired by Regal Partners Ltd. (ASX: RPL) in 2023. PM Capital manages money on behalf of private clients, the clients of financial advisers and institutions.

UBS Securities Australia Ltd. is a brokerage firm headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBG AG, which is owned by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG) in Switzerland. UBS Securities Australia offers execution and settles trade in ASX quoted financial products for private investors.

Shaw & Partners Ltd. (S&P) is the broker subsidiary of EFG International AG (SWX: EFGN) in Switzerland. The firm is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales and was founded in 1987. S&P provides research and investment strategies to their clients. The firm specializes in emerging and mid-cap companies.

Morgan Stanley Australia Ltd. is an Australian broker/dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International, Inc., itself owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in Sydney, the firm offers sales, trading and market-making investment management services to global institutions, hedge funds and industry innovators.

Ellerston Capital Ltd. is the fund management subsidiary of Ellerston Asian Investments Ltd. in Australia. They were formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Packer family-controlled Consolidated Press Holdings Ltd. The firm was founded in 2004 to co-ordinate and manage the Packer family's investments. Headquartered in Sydney, Ellerston Capital manages long-only Australian, global and Asian equities, Australian and global long-short equity and private equity strategies for sovereign wealth, industry and corporate superannuation funds, international funds, family offices and high net worth investors. Ellerston Capital is a signatory of the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) and a member of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA).

Fat Prophets Australia Pty Ltd. provides investment research. The private company is based in Sydney, AU. and has subsidiaries in Australia and United Kingdom. The Australian company was founded in 2000 by Angus Geddes. Angus Geddes has been the CEO since 2000.

Morningstar Australasia Pty Ltd. is the Australian investment research subsidiary of Morningstar Direct Investments Pty Ltd., ultimately held by Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN) in the US. Headquartered in Barangaroo, the firm was founded in 1999 as Huntley’s Investment Information Pty Ltd. They provide research on Australian stocks, managed funds, superannuation funds, credit securities, exchange-traded funds, and listed investment companies for individual investors, financial advisers, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Ltd. (BAMNAL) is the investment management subsidiary of BlackRock HK Holdco Ltd., itself a subsidiary of BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. The firm was founded in 1998 and formerly known as Barclays Global Investors North Asia Ltd. They renamed into BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Ltd. in 2009 when BlackRock merged with Barclays Global Investors. Headquartered in Hong Kong, BAMNAL manages assets for institutional clients, pooled investment vehicles and US registered investment companies, including ETFs. Mandates include equity and real estate strategies.